[ SECRET POST #6467 ]

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⌈ Secret Post #6467 ⌋

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[fscom]

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[(Anonymous)]

Sorry that people were still being stupid in 2007 about the fact that others have the gall to be gamers.

I never mention I'm a gamer either, at least not to casual folk. I wasn't bullied as a kid but other people just side eyed me or were indifferent at best. I was fortunate enough to find online communities in the past but have yet to find gamers to click with IRL.

[(Anonymous)]

This sounds like some weird incel self loathing showing up as anger and blame at others.

I'm sorry you are in a jealous angry place and I hope you can get some self confidence and happiness at some point in your life. I man that very sincerely.

[(Anonymous)]

This sounds like some weird incel self loathing

Not OP but wtf???

[(Anonymous)]

Please do fuck off and leave F!S.

[(Anonymous)]

jesus, is hiding negative emotions under a fucking carpet back in style? I had hoped forced positivity had died in a fire years ago

[(Anonymous)]

I don't think any children should be bullied for harmless hobbies.

But ngl as someone who also plays lots of video games as a hobby, if I run into someone IRL that "identifies as a gamer" I'm wary of them because they tend to be socially maladjusted and treat it as an identity and not a hobby.

If someone is like "I play video games" though, no awkward vibes.

+1

[(Anonymous)]

Same.

I don't judge anyone that plays videogames. Hell, I play them daily. But anyone that uses this as a form of identification carries the stereotype of being a really, really whiny and bigoted person.

[(Anonymous)]

Same! I didn’t even notice I do that for the longest time. I’m the same way with anyone whose hobby is their identity because being around those people is exhausting for me.

[sparklywalls]

I grew up in the 90s really into Doctor Who when its cultural standing was basically in a crater, past that crater, through the Earth's crust and near enough in the pits of hell. It's not just the Wilderness Years because there were no new episodes imo.

So even though I don't really feel exactly the same as this secret, I do have some sympathy for you OP. It's hard trying to untie those feelings of being made to feel odd with something you've loved for years suddenly being popular and/or having more visibility. I do think you have to accept this is the way it is and try not to let it get to you while also remembering that it's valid to feel those people in 2007 were awful.

(Though in my case I'd argue that in recent years Doctor Who seems to be sliding back toward being less of a thing with a broad audience, and more a bit of a nerd beacon again!)

[(Anonymous)]

I had a crush on a middle-aged actor on The Love Boat when I was in middle school.

You bet I kept that shit to myself!

[(Anonymous)]

I grew up in the 90s really into Doctor Who when its cultural standing was basically in a crater, past that crater, through the Earth's crust and near enough in the pits of hell. It's not just the Wilderness Years because there were no new episodes imo.

You basically described me getting into Hall and Oates post 80s/90s, lmao.

Then apparently 2007 came around and everyone thought it was awesome to hang out with Daryl Hall at his house.

[(Anonymous)]

There were Doctor Who New Adventures books. Sky Pirates, for example, was awesome. And I loved Bernice as a Companion. I wish they could have brought her to the reboot show, before it got Moffatted and Chibbed.

[(Anonymous)]

I'm sorry that you were bullied. That really sucks, and it wasn't okay.

However, it's also not okay to hold that against people who had nothing to do with the bullying. You've gotta work on that anger, anon. I guarantee that people can sense it, and that it may be making it harder for you to form relationships at this point in your life.

[(Anonymous)]

As a high schooler in 1997-2001 I was bullied for liking video games, manga and anime. I got the worst Pokémon jokes thrown at me and I didn’t even LIKE Pokémon (I’m a Digimon truther). As a result I didn’t play any of the games until Diamond/Pearl came out. My art teacher told me to explore new art techniques when it was the only thing I could actually draw (and then my friend - who drew in the same art style - got praised for her work. she’s a tattoo artist now)

Nowadays anime/manga is more widely accepted and I understand feeling jealousy about people who are accepted for their interests in it. I just soothe my inner child by playing video games.

[(Anonymous)]

Ugh same. Except I did like Pokemon when it was newly popular and people did crazy things to get the Pokemon Happy Meal toys at McDonald's, so liking Pokemon would've gotten me dirty looks from teachers as well as classmates. The cool kids in class would make jokes about Pokemon fans all being dangerous and the downfall of society, and the teachers laughed with them.

One of the times I told a girl I was casual friends with that I liked anime, she basically called me a pervert. Because people back then thought all anime that wasn't Pokemon was porn.

[meadowphoenix]

with the caveat that anger and jealousy, even unexpressed, can make it really difficult to maintain relationships, is there something stopping you from finding accepting places now? especially since people also don't make fun of adults who like games anymore either.

[(Anonymous)]

I'm sorry you're hurting, op.

[(Anonymous)]

same here OP (but I am not a gamer, it's with other things I am interested in)

[(Anonymous)]

I can't imagine what it's like to be teased for liking video games growing up.

Back in my day—the nineties and 2000s—it was cool to have the latest console. It was a major flex. It meant you had money to buy a $400-500 system and a bunch of $40-50 games. Guys I went to school with brought their consoles from home to show off.

Nobody bragged about video games after everybody reached 16-17, but they didn't care if people talked about playing them either.

I don't doubt what's described in this secret is true, but I'd love to know where they lived for it to be true.

[(Anonymous)]

On the one hand, anon, I really get it. I was bullied so badly I had to switch schools, among many other things. It was over stuff like that, I was openly into video games, anime, and alt fashion basically my whole life, so I never had a chance. I get it. It's awful, it stays with you for life, and I'm really sorry you went through it. I switched schools in 2008, so we're on a really similar timeline I think. And if the kids you dealt with were anything like the ones I did, it must have been brutal.

But on the other, I can only imagine how happy my younger self would be to see kids like me having friends and being loved for it. To see video games become so mainstream that nobody even blinks anymore. That's the world I dreamed of back then. It's not any more their fault for being loved as it was ours for being bullied, you know? It's okay to wish you had that. It's okay to mourn what could have been if you'd been born in a different time, a different place. Putting that anger on others, though, for just loving the things they love when they didn't do anything wrong - it's not really different from what happened to us, is it?

[(Anonymous)]

I’m really sorry you were bullied, OP. It’s horrible and no one should experience that. I was really into anime back in the day and had to hide it because I was scared of losing my friends over it. I’m glad it’s more acceptable to be into anime these days, but it does feel a bit strange.

[(Anonymous)]

Bullying sucks. Gaming was just the instrument, if it hadn't been that, it would have been something else or someone else. I mean, your bullies might have been genuinely disdainful of video gaming, in which case they could feel superior, or they thought it was something that would get to you, in which case they could feel powerful. They just wanted you to feel bad because it makes them feel better for whatever reason. That's a pretty terrible way to be. It's normal to feel jealous of others who didn't have your bad experiences. It's also pretty common to feel anger towards them, but that anger is misdirected. It should be aimed squarely at those who bullied you. That anger is yours to feel, but try not to let it be something you carry too long or hold on too tightly to - that kind of thing can do you more emotional harm.

[(Anonymous)]

hard same. i'm a gamer, AND a fanfiction reader. i ended up with zero friends, because even the other gamers mocked fanfiction, and vice-versa.

[(Anonymous)]

Hm
I'm sorta the opposite.

All my siblings are gamers, but I've never been good at video games so I'm the lone non-gamer.

I've always been in awe of people who can play video games because I've never been good at it.
XD

But I do understand why OP wouldn't want to let people know that they're a gamer.
There are a lot of negative stereotypes about gamers, and unfortunately it can be true with some gamers.
I also remember a time (late 2000s-early 2010s) where a couple fandom friends got into gaming and they began posting memes and thought pieces by other female/girl/women gamers where they lament about how much they hate Fake Gamer Girls and were really oblivious to their Not Like Other Girls/Pick-Me energy.
It made me feel like all gamers, no matter their gender, will always look down on me because I would be trying way too hard being a clueless girl trying to fit in with gamers.

Like, there's plenty of room for all of us to feel left out and bullied lol...not trying to make light of the subject, just laughing at the ways tribalism gatekeeps us from simply enjoying ourselves